Hong Yi has only been growing up for a mere five years. Such a short time is shorter than the time it takes for an ancient god or demon with a long lifespan, like the ancient god-king.
"Hahahaha..." Jiang Liu laughed heartily upon hearing Gou Li God King's words: "What luck or fortune? The future is full of endless changes, and the word 'luck' simply cannot explain it. The past is eternal, but the future holds countless possibilities... Get on board! Today, you have no other choice!"
Gou Li God-King truly had no other choice but to live or die?
When the God-King Gouli boarded the Ship of Creation, the two dragon-shaped essences of the two ancestral dragons merged, as if heaven and earth were in harmony. The resulting essence of heaven and earth nourished his physical body, and he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
The Creation Ship continued to wander in the void. Besides Gou Li God King working hard to recover his strength, Jiang Liu was also controlling Emperor Yang Pan and Hong Xuanji to cultivate as quickly as possible.
One cultivates the divine soul, the other cultivates the physical body.
Under the control of Emperor Yang Pan, the "Lord of the Future" continuously analyzed the power of the "Immortal Monument" and deciphered the mysteries of the God King's flesh and blood.
As for Hong Xuanji, getting close to him reveals that every acupoint in his body is like a vortex of stars in the sky, constantly drawing in various types of primordial energy, such as "the energy of the five metals," "the evil spirit of the heavens and earth," "the true essence of earth and wood," "the true essence of the magnetic field," "the true essence of the pure spirit," "the life force of the two polarities," "the true fire of the sun," and so on. As long as it is the primordial energy that exists between heaven and earth, it is constantly being drawn in by Hong Xuanji.
Hong Xuanji was now like an unparalleled vortex, a black hole, forcefully devouring everything in the world. The billions of kinds of primordial energy he absorbed entered his body, yet showed no signs of expansion. It seemed that within him existed a vast, empty world, and he was transferring the primordial energy of this world there, shifting the universe, shaping heaven and earth, altering the world, and changing the cosmos.
Finally, under the guidance of the God-King Gouli and according to the calculations of the "Lord of the Future," the Ship of Creation began to return to the Great Thousand World.
Because the clue to the "immortal monument" given by the God-King Gouli was actually in the Great Thousand World.
In this vast world, among the various kingdoms of the Western Regions, lies the ancestral temple of the Jingyuan Divine Temple.
This place was all too familiar to Jiang Liu.
With the Yuanqi God killed, Jiang Liu obtained all of his memories without any omissions.
Nine Primordial Chaos Relics were integrated into the Thunder Pool within the Creation Ship, serving as its energy source. The ancient Rashomon Gate, a spatial artifact, also fell into Jiang Liu's hands. The most precious Three Realms Primordial Qi Pool was an inkstone; the thick ink within was not any kind of ink, but rather a kind of blood—the blood of an Immortal God-King, containing extremely powerful energy.
Thus, when the river flowed down upon this land, it was naturally very familiar to him, just as if a primordial spirit had personally descended upon it.
The Creation Ship hovered in the void, and Hong Xuanji appeared above the Essence Temple, his tiger-like eyes sweeping across the area with menacing intent.
The Temple of Essence is now on the verge of destruction after the death of the God of Vitality.
The Pope stood in the endlessly magnificent and spectacular temple, holding his scepter, yet he felt an endless sense of vicissitude. The once-glorious Temple of Essence was gone forever.
"Grand Tutor Hong's martial arts are unparalleled, and His Majesty the Emperor is awe-inspiring. I am so sorry for not being able to greet you properly..." The mysterious woman, the Pope of the Jingyuan Temple, sighed softly.
Hong Xuanji completely ignored the Pope of the Essence Temple, his eyes fixed on the depths of the temple, and shouted, "Come out! I just caught a faint scent of you. No need to hesitate, it's you, the Leader's wife!"
The sound echoed throughout the entire Jingyuan Temple.
“Hong Xuanji, you truly live up to your reputation. When the Creation Ship descended, I specially used the Six Harmonies Concealment Technique to cover up all my essence, energy, spirit, and even thought fluctuations, but I didn’t expect you to still discover it.”
Suddenly, a woman's voice came from the void, and runes condensed into a bridge. A woman carrying a monument walked out from the bridge.
"Meng Bingyun?!"
When Hong Xuanji, who was suppressed by Jiang Liu and controlled the physical body, saw the woman's appearance, he was shocked and showed his inner turmoil, but he calmed down in the next moment.
Meng Bingyun!
Hong Yi's biological mother, Hong Xuanji's concubine, and Meng Shenji's younger sister.
"She is not Meng Bingyun! Her name should be Meng Bingxin! She is Xu Yi's wife!"
Hong Xuanji reached out and unleashed the "Wheel of Life and Death of the Heavens," a move with terrifying destructive power. Anyone whose physical body hadn't reached the point of being able to generate flesh and blood simply couldn't withstand this attack unless they had a divine artifact protecting them.
The leader's wife, Meng Bingxin, knew the power of Hong Xuanji's "Wheel of Life and Death in the Heavens" very well. Her eyes began to calculate again. She never expected that Hong Xuanji would start a fight at the slightest disagreement.
All of this happened in the blink of an eye.
"An Immortal Monument! The Power of Time and Space!"
The immortal monument in her hand was like a dragon breaking free of its chains. Suddenly, a thunderous roar, thousands of feet of lightning, and countless rays of light erupted from the monument, rushing upwards to support the enormous Heavenly Wheel and protect her true form.
The Immortal Monument collided with the Wheel of Life and Death of the Heavens. At the same time, the Ship of Creation also launched an attack, aiming to kill when it did. Suddenly encountering this destructive power, the 480 million talismans on the Immortal Monument instinctively activated, and the mysterious scripture within them reappeared.
This incomplete and mysterious scripture once again unleashed its incredibly profound power.
Jiang Liu tried to decipher the mystery using the "Future Lord" technique, but still gained little.
The mysterious, incomplete scripture suddenly enveloped the terrifying power released by the "Ark of Creation," forming a perfectly round sphere that circulated above the leader's wife, Meng Bingxin. All the world-destroying supernatural powers that had just been unleashed on the Ark of Creation—the dark tunnel, the river-like cracks—vanished.
However, this mysterious and incomplete scripture seems to be merely trying its best to seal itself, and it could collapse at any moment.
Jiang Liuhongyi saw this scene and knew that she had reached the pinnacle of her mastery of the "Immortal Monument".
Boom! Boom!
In an instant, a thousand changes.
Finally, the immortal monument suddenly cracked open! The incomplete and mysterious scripture also exploded, and countless violent gusts of wind swept across every corner of the world.
An immortal monument, now severely damaged.
Buzzing, buzzing...
The 480 million talismans of the "Immortal Monument" flew wildly across the sky and earth.
Chapter 477 The Calm Before the Storm
The immortal monument collapsed, transforming into 480 million talismans that flew wildly throughout the heavens and earth.
Like fireflies filling the sky, illuminating the heavens, even more dazzling than the sun.
Everyone was shocked, especially the Pope of the Temple of Essence, who knew very well how powerful this leader's wife was.
Looking at the runes flying all over the sky, the Pope of Essence sighed deeply and remained silent.
Without the protection of the Immortal Monument, the Leader's wife, though powerful, was no match for Jiang Liu. In the blink of an eye, she was suppressed and imprisoned in the Ark of Creation.
At the same time, Emperor Yang Pan controlled the "Future Lord" to fly out, and used the soul vortex of the Vacuum Great Handprint to fiercely grab the talismans that had been transformed from the Immortal Monument in the air after it was decomposed.
Hong Xuanji was not idle either, joining forces to suppress them.
"Soul Vortex! Absorb!"
A powerful vortex suddenly appeared, drawing all the talismans into it.
The 480 million talismans were completely absorbed in an instant; not a single talisman escaped and fell into the palm of the future ruler, where they were then reformed into a monument.
However, this monument no longer possessed the immense power of struggle it had before; it was merely restless, constantly trembling in the palm of the Lord of the Future, seemingly trying to escape. But the Lord of the Future's understanding of the Immortal Monument had reached an extremely high level, enough to suppress it.
If the previous Immortal Monument was a powerful immortal who was close to shattering the vacuum, then the current Immortal Monument is a Martial Saint.
Although he was a Martial Saint, the power of the Immortal Monument was also recovering, drawing on the power of heaven and earth to try to return to its original state.
The attack from the Ark of Creation, combined with Hong Xuanji's ever-changing Wheel of Life and Death, and the analysis of the Immortal Monument by the Lord of the Future, revealed its weaknesses, which led to the destruction of the Immortal Monument's form in one fell swoop.
Although it was defeated, it does not mean it can be destroyed. The Immortal Monument, as its name suggests, is naturally immortal and cannot be destroyed, not even by a Yang God.
With another immortal monument acquired, three of the five immortal monuments in the world have already fallen into Jiang Liu's hands. As for the remaining two, they can only wait for the right opportunity.
Jiang Liu also found a priceless treasure on the leader's wife.
He was sitting cross-legged deep within the Ark of Creation, with two clusters of crystal floating in front of him.
Sealed within the crystal were two constantly writhing clumps of flesh and blood.
As the flesh and blood writhed, it seemed as if facial features were about to emerge, but they were then obliterated by the seal within the crystal. A mass of flesh and blood could actually regenerate into a human, just like an earthworm that, after being cut in two, could become two separate creatures.
These are two clumps of flesh of the Immortal God-King. The Immortal God-King is the most powerful being in the world, and each clump of his flesh, once cut open, can regenerate into another version of him. Immortal and indestructible, these two clumps of flesh possess boundless regenerative power.
While lying dormant in the vast world, Jiang Liu was not idle. He used the "Future Lord" to study the Immortal Monument and analyze the Yang God Dao. Although Pan Huang's Yang God Dao could only be manifested when five monuments were combined, the Dao of the Nine Tribulations was gradually extracted from the Immortal Monument and from the 480 million talismans, and integrated into Jiang Liu's Xuanxian Dao Fruit.
On the other side, Jiang Liu was also comprehending the mysteries of the flesh and blood of the ancient god-kings. Whether it was the terrifying god-king, the great annihilation god-king, or the Gouli god-king, they all possessed physical bodies capable of shattering the vacuum at their peak.
This is his innate physical body, a condensation of the ancient Dao. Although his cultivation level has dropped, the ancient power is still hidden within his flesh and blood, which can help Jiang Liu break through the "Thousand Transformations" realm.
Moreover, Jiang Liu also obtained two pieces of the flesh and blood of the Immortal God King from the leader's wife.
Cultivation knows no time; in the blink of an eye, several months have quietly passed.
In the vast world, in the capital city of the Great Gan Empire, Emperor Yang Pan has been missing for several months. The various princes have been working hard to gather the governors of the ninety-nine provinces, preparing to ascend the throne at the right and certain time.
In imperial families, there is no kinship. For the sake of the supreme imperial throne, it is commonplace for brothers to kill each other and for fathers and sons to kill each other.
Jiang Liu had little interest in the throne, and after possessing Emperor Yang Pan, he naturally paid little attention to the affairs of the empire.
But Jiang Liu's indifference didn't mean others were. The allure of power was simply too great. Even though Yang Pan had been absent from court for several months and neglecting state affairs, the capital city was already in turmoil.
Among them, the two princes with the most power were, of course, the Crown Prince, whose ascension to the throne was legitimate. Nearly half of the ninety-nine provinces supported his ascension to the throne.
The other one was Prince Yu, whom Hong Yi supported.
Although Hong Yi's power is not yet great, his strength and status are undeniable. He is the author of "The Lesser Sage," the master of the divine beast Qilin, and, most importantly, his strength is immense. His "Hall of Saints" is equivalent to the "Ark of Creation," the king of divine artifacts, and his own power is that of a creator.
Many governors are still observing, while others have already been bought off and controlled by the Central Star, just like the now-declining Temple of Essence, where even the Pope is under the control of the leader's wife.
The world is about to undergo a major change. Even if Yang Pan appears, he will find that the world that was once in his grasp has already fallen into the hands of others.
The world is no longer under our control.
As time passed, Yujing City became increasingly peaceful.
A storm is brewing!
This is the calm before the storm. Undoubtedly, after reaching a critical point, a great upheaval or riot is about to unfold in Yujing City.
It all depends on who can turn the tide, become the supreme ruler, and dominate the world!
The vast world comprises ninety-nine provinces, a place where great fortune converges. To control this world, the ninety-nine provinces of the Great Qian Empire are the legitimate rulers. The other Yuan-Mongol and Western Region kingdoms are nothing but barbarian lands, utterly worthless.
However, Jiang Liu remained firmly seated within the Ship of Creation, unmoved, focused solely on comprehending the power of the "Immortal Monument" and the ancient god-king.
Inside the Ark of Creation, even the God-King Gouli was reluctant to leave. The essence of heaven and earth from the union of the two primordial dragons and the infinite energy output from the three Thunder Pools were truly a great tonic for her.
Sealed within the Immortal Monument for tens of thousands of years, it was in a weakened state. With such a potent tonic, how could it possibly leave?
Just as Jiang Liu was focused on comprehending the Dao, and Gou Li the God-King was focused on recovering his strength, suddenly, a massive aura descended upon the void aboard the Creation Ship, seemingly searching for Gou Li the God-King.
In a brief moment, countless runes flashed across the nine divine eyes of the future lord, and then this will successfully descended before the God King Gouli.
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This aura was extremely vast and terrifying, something Jiang Liu was very familiar with; he had just extracted this terrifying power from those two clumps of flesh.
It was the divine thought of that immortal god-king.